Shelves are still stocked with tins of cabbage, veal or onions. All these objects have been preserved by cold for the last 100 years. Antarctic explorers Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton left them here in their way to the South Pole, in the beginning of the XX century. But none of them was able to come back.

1. Scott's hut

On November 1, 1911, British explorer Robert Falcon Scott departed from Cape Evans on his Terra Nova Expedition, trying to become the first man to reach the South Pole. But the captain and his companions never returned to camp—they died on the return journey after having been beaten to the pole by Amundsen.

Scott and his men left behind a prefabricated, seaweed-insulated wooden cabin and its outbuildings, as well as scientific equipment used to measure the continent's fearsome climate. The cabin would be later occupied by Sir Ernest Shackleton during his Imperial Trans Arctic Expedition (1914-1917), and supplies from both expeditions are still at the camp, historic remains from the heroic age of Antarctic exploration. [1]

Scott's hut is located on the north shore of Cape Evans on Ross Island in Antarctica. Although abandoned in 1913, the hut and its contents are remarkably well preserved today due to the constant freezing conditions.

One of the purposes of the Scott expedition was to collect biological samples. Next to the door, there is a crate of Emperor Penguin Eggs that they collected, but that never got shipped out.

2. Shackleton's hut

On January 1, 1908, the Nimrod the Nimrod Expedition, led by Ernest Shackleton, arrived to Cape Royds, about twenty miles from Hut Point. Shackleton believed the site to be perfect and the men began unloading supplies at once. During the next three weeks, they erected the prefabricated hut, built a stable for the ponies and hauled tons of provisions over the floes to shore.

Time capsule of sorts, the hut appear to have been recently vacated by the men who built them, with food on the shelves and socks hanging on laundry lines. Shackleton's hut was found intact, with bread still on the tables just as they had been left.

While the preservation of food in the freezing temperatures and dry climate has been noted, bacterial decay still occurs. Besides, the World Monuments Watch describes it as one of the hundred most endangered sites in the world, and New Zealand's Antarctic Heritage Trust (AHT) has been working in the last years to preserve it from corrosion.

Robert Falcon Scott was not the first man to reach the South Pole. It was Admunson. Scott was so disappointed to discover he wasn't the first, that he decided to investigate a glacier on the way back to camp...This delay lead to his death and that of his two companions.

No one has suggested otherwise, in fact RF SCotts expedition was only the second to reach the pole. If you read the scripts correctly you can clearly se that a man named AMUNDSEN was the first (they also called him "spell my name right bitch or yall get it" but that nickname and the origin of it is a completely other story.

Was the problem with all the people saying Amunsden was first to the pole, not Scott? We all know that. What the article says is that when Scott set out he was aiming to be first to the pole, which is quite true. Only one sentence later we find the conclusion of the matter - Amunsden beat him to it. Ho hum nothing new. What's with these scores of people protesting the article?

Hey, that looks like a funny little game. But I have to clear out that Scott wasn't the first to the pole. Roald Amundsen was. You can read it like everywhere! I can't belive that you guys don't know the facts. I mean, it's common knowledge and you should stop insisting otherwise!

Are all of you people completely retarded? You are all in agreement. No one has claimed that Scott was first, it clearly states that Admunson beat him to it. What the hell are all these comments about? Seriously, this is some of the most retarded shit I have ever read in my life.

Ok, so we all ok on that? Scott was NOT the first to reach the South Pole, ok, NOT THE fIRST, the Scowegen, Amundsen was first to Reach the South Pole, arriving a few weeks before the gallant and admirable Englishman.

Amundsen was first to the South Pole. He may also have been first to see the North Pole (prior claims being suspect).

The pictures of "Scott's Hut" are actually of a different hut also built by Scott called Discovery Hut. It's on Hut Point Peninsula several miles south of Cape Evans where the actual Scott's Hut is to be found.